Device for holding frames while mounting lenses



DEVICE FOR HOLDING FRAMES WHILE MOUNTING LENSES E fwucmfot- E 15'.Caldwellf, deceased,

nl) C' Filed June 23,

, G. S. CALDWELL Aug. 6, 1940.

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Patented Aug. 6, 1940 UNITED STATES DEVICE FOR HOLDING FRAMES WHILEMOUNTING LENSES Guy S. Caldwell, deceased, late cf Paris, Tex.,

by Evelyn D. Paris, Tex.

Caldwell, independent executrix,

i Application June 23, 1938, Serial No. 215,464

1 Claim.

This invention aims to provide a simple device upon which a pair ofspectacles may be retained and supported conveniently whilst a spectacletemple is being joined by a screw or the like to an ear on the spectacleframe.

In the accompanying drawing: Fig. 1 shows in top plan, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section. The device comprises a table 4 which is ofconsiderably greater length than breadth and may taper slightly.

In the outer end of the table 4, midway between the longitudinal edgesof the table, there is a longitudinal slot 5 extended part way throughthe table. The slot 5 has oppositely projecting lateral branches 6opening through the outer longitudinal edges of the table 4. The slot 5is of least width intermediate its ends and forms,

in the table 4, lugs I which have inner edges that are convexed towardeach other.

The numeral 8 marks the frame of a pair of spectacles having ears 9which are joined together by a securing element such as a screw I0.

A temple II is connected to the ears 9 by a pivot screw I2. y

The ears 9 are placed in one of the branches 6 of the slot 5, and thetemple II extends out of the mouth of the slot, in contact with one ofthe lugs 1.

supported on the table 4 that the screws Ill and I2 may be insertedconveniently. When the opposite end of a pair of spectacles is to beworked upon, the branch 6 which is shown empty in Fig.

1 comes into play.

The table 4 is carried by a standard 3, up-

The frame Band the temple I I are so standing from a base I, the tablebeing disposed in vertically-spaced relation to the'base. A resilientprotecting pad P is secured to the lower surface of the base I. Thelower surface of the slot 5 and of the branches 6 are in the same 5plane and form a support for the ear 9 and the temple II.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A device for supporting a spectacleframe including an ear and anassociated temple, whilst a connecting device is being assembled withthe frame at the place where the temple is joined tov the ear,comprising a base, a standard onthe base, a table carried by thestandard in vertically spaced relationto the base and provided at oneend with a klongitudinal slot extended part way through the table andlocated approximately midway between the opposite outer edges of thetable, the slot having oppositely-projecting branches 20 which openthrough said edges of the table, the slot being of least widthintermediate its ends and forming oppositely-disposed lugs which havetheir inner edges convexed toward Aeach other, 25 the branches,respectively, being shaped for the reception of the ears at oppositeends of a spectacle frame, the lower surface of the slot and ofthe'branches being in the same plane and form- EVELYN D. CALDWELL,Independent Executri of the Estate of Guy S.

Caldwell, Deceased.

ing a support for said ear and temple, the lug 0

